The book can hardly be said to be shut regarding the truck-bus accident that killed four members of the North Central Texas College softball team. But it may be closer to being closed following a recent report by the National Transportation Safety Board. Readers may recall that we posted about this tragedy back in July. […]
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If you read some of the publications for the trucking industry, you will find there is a definite contingent of over-the-road haulers out there that feels they are among the great oppressed. Some of them are in Texas. Many of these men and women feel that they are victims of onerous government regulation that prevents […]
If you were to be asked “how many truck and truck drivers wouldn’t pass a basic inspection, thus rendering them ‘out-of-service,’ during a massive month-long event?,” what would be your answer? Would you say a very small percentage, like, say, two or three percent? Or would you go with a loftier number, like 10 percent? […]
There is no hint of anger or apparent desire to exact retribution on the part of the loved ones of a San Antonio husband and wife whose lives were taken away suddenly last month. Instead, there is a clear sense from comments made to KABB-TV that the family is confident that neither that couple, nor […]
The verdict is in from the National Transportation Safety Board about the cause of the deadly truck crash last year that killed one person and left actor-comedian Tracy Morgan critically injured. It’s a story we suspect many in Texas are aware of. Morgan and six others were riding in a limousine van in June 2014 […]
September 26, 2014, proved to be a fateful day for the North Central Texas College women’s softball team. Four members of the team died that day in Oklahoma when a tractor-trailer truck sideswiped the bus they were riding in. The team was on its way home after playing a scrimmage game in Bethany, headed south […]
Some weeks ago we took a look at how a proposal for putting speed governors on semitrailer trucks is sparking mixed reactions. Safety proponents say the limiters would rein in truckers who push tires beyond their design limits into the danger zone. They say the move would make roads safer for everyone. Advocates for truck […]
Have you ever been driving down the highway and suddenly come across a chunk of tire tread across the road? You don’t know where it came from, but the size of it suggests it came off a tractor-trailer truck. Imagine if you had been driving beside that truck when the failure occurred. It’s not small […]
A crash that occurred at around 9:20 a.m. on Highway 11 claimed the life of a woman from Wood County. The crash occurred on Feb. 25 about 7 miles east of Winnsboro. The 42-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene by authorities. Her body was taken to the Batey Funeral Home. According to police, […]
An accident on northbound U.S. Route 87 in Texas caused a six-vehicle pileup on Nov. 5 after a truck tractor pulling a trailer dumped a load of pipes onto the highway. According to sources, the combination of the pipes on the rain-slick highway and the early-morning darkness caused the chain reaction. The accident happened near […]